Their rotation will be set when Jerry Koosman gets out of his assisted-living facility.

Trouble at the White Sox training camp. They held their first mandatory workout, and the shirtless father-and-son team were no-shows.

In other baseball news the Red Sox will wear red socks this season. If this doesn't tell you the new owners aren't serious about putting a championship team on the field, you're just not paying attention.

The commissioner's office has laid off 26 full-time employees, including the guy who used to say, "Would you mind filling this up, Mr. Caminiti?"

ANNIKA SORENSTAM ACCEPTS INVITATION TO PLAY IN THE COLONIAL

She'll have to play from the back tees. But, on the bright side, if she makes the cut, she'll be allowed to run into the woods to take a leak.

Sorenstam would be the first woman to play on the PGA Tour in 58 years. Wait a minute. Didn't Jan Stephenson play a round in the mid-'70s? No, that's right. She played around in the mid-'70s.

Annika got into the tourney on a little known exemption. The "Let's drive Hootie Johnson nuts" exemption.

Speaking of which, Martha Burk recently visited the town of Augusta. She checked out some potential sites for an anti-Masters demonstration, then crashed a special stag screening of The Hours.

SI POLL SAYS FAN INTEREST IN NBA DOWN 40% IN LAST FIVE YEARS

It's not all bad news. In the last five years Michael Jordan retirements are up 200%.

David Stern dismissed the poll as "junk science." Junk science. Was that Shawn Kemp's major?

The NBA All-Star Game was the most watched basketball game in cable-TV history. Not only that, it was the second-highest rating ever for TNT, just behind its one millionth showing of The Shawshank Redemption.

The Lakers are finally above .500. And, according to Stern, they've already locked up the No. 9 seed.

I'm starting to worry about Pat Riley. Now he's complaining about the officiating on The Bachelorette.